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MIT senior Rasheed Auguste’s parents emigrated from Haiti to Boston as teenagers and completed master’s degrees in the U.S. “When I was born, the standard was, ‘we have master’s degrees; a PhD is the next step for this next generation.’ That was always the bar,” says Auguste. “It just so happens I got lucky. I actually do want this PhD that was prescribed from birth.”
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Nuclear science and engineering and physics double major is fueled by passions for science, policy, and creating a more inclusive MIT.

Kate Telma | MIT News Office
December 7, 2016

Rasheed Auguste remembers the exact moment he fell in love with nuclear engineering.

As a freshman in high school, Auguste participated in the Junction summer program offered by the MIT Educational Studies Program. For two weeks he took classes in the afternoon, ate dinner, and then attended an evening seminar. One was given by a graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.Read full story >>